Taking a leaf from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popular radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to address lakhs of school students on this Children’s Day on television for the first time during his tenure.
The 45-minute televised speech would be aired on Doordarshan from 11.15 am to 12 noon on November 14.
Patnaik would be addressing more than 6,60,000 students from around 62, 000 schools across the State.
For this, the School and Mass Education Department has instructed the school administrations to make arrangements for television sets, including hiring the device in case they do not have one.
The department has also suggested schools to conduct debate and essay competitions on various topics, including on the Chief Minister’s recent felicitation by a national media house where he was awarded as the Best Administrator in the country.
Participants from Classes-VIII to X would debate on the topic ‘Proud Odisha: Our CM Got Best Administrator Award’.
The school managements have been asked to conduct preparatory meetings on November 11 for smooth conduct of the Chief minister’s programme.
Interestingly, it was announced over a year ago that Naveen Patnaik would address people on radio for 10 minutes every month. The ‘Biju Gaon Radio’ programme, however, is yet to see the light of the day.